SUMMARY: HEOA Campus File Sharing Requirements

SUMMARY: HEOA Campus File Sharing Requirements

​This memo outlines the regulatory provisions dealing with file sharing in the Higher Education Opportunity Act, a bill reauthorizing the Higher Education Act. This legislation imposes an array of new federal regulatory and reporting requirements for colleges and universities. Two of these provisions are designed to reduce illegal uploading and downloading of copyrighted works through peer-to-peer file sharing on campus networks. ​

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File Sharing on College and University Campuses: Next Steps
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Both the House and Senate have begun work on reauthorizing the Higher Education Act (HEA), the nation's main law governing postsecondary education. To help with advocacy on these efforts, ACE has launched a resource page that includes information about the process along with links to contact Congress.

ACE and 36 other higher education associations sent a letter today to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce as it begins the process of reauthorizing the primary federal law governing higher education, last updated in 2008.

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